New York Medical College - Fleuroscope Yearbook (Valhalla, NY)

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ORTHOPEDICS ACTURES BINGHAM w1LsoN SAMWORTH THE science of Orthopedics and Fractures holds an extremely important , position in the profession of modern Medicine .... Related as it is to the skeletal framework of our bodies, it is as important to our well-being as an architect is to the construction of a modern engineering project .... The orthopedist, however, is mainly concerned with reconstruction and, in the last analysis, proper function .... The original architect in the case of human beings is a supernatural personage. The intricacies of bone and joint disease were ably and intimately pre- sented to the class of 1937 .... Our debt to the members of this department is a special one of three years standing .... It claims its specificity through the dual effect exerted by the members of the department on the student- that of the much publicized scholar and gentleman. As juniors, We received a series of lectures from Drs. Bingham and Wilson which bankrupt description .... The latter discoursing on Fractures, the former on Orthopedics .... Both were brilliant .... Dr. Bingham, replete with easy grace, affability and eruditeness .... Dr. Wilson, with characteristic straight-forwardness, simplicity and completeness .... It was no wonder, then, that we came to the Met in our senior year for those two Weeks on Orthopedics with mixed feelings .... A sense of confidence in having learned the fundamentals .... And an uneasiness concerning the veracity of the kind words of Dr. Bingham that We rather knew our stuff .... Our fears were groundless .... Through a very Well organized service We re- ceived valuable practical instruction from Dr. Himmelstein, the resident ..., From Dr. Cantwell, pleasantly disposed and photographically obsessed-his interests wide and varied .... From Dr. Schonfeld, of Kings County Schon- felds, expert in Orthopedic Surgery, S. M. U. football and loud socks .... From Dr. Wilson, of the Russell-Traction Wilsons, who cleared many problems for us by X-ray discussions and while on rounds ..., And, finally, from Dr, Bingham, who, by his evident stamp of a gentleman and his established ability as an orthopedist, made the entire service, in general, and those Friday afternoon conferences, in particular, a pleasure as well as a beneficence. Forty-one

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Forty if X i SAFFORD AYRES TRITSCH 'THE professor and head of the department is Dr. Safford .... For two 'years his deep booming voice has endeavored to find its way thru our cranial walls .... Finally, we believe, with success .... Memory must indeed suffer a severe breakdown before we would forget smiling Dr. Ayers .... Even though there was no attendance taken, his classes were invariably one hundred percent attended .... A real tribute to a real man .... We waited until our senior year to rneet,Dr. Loizeaux, clinical professor of this department ,... He conducted us thru the pitfalls of gynecological surgery .... In their younger days Cas boys? both Dr. Tritsch and Dr. Salzman must have been the bullies of their respective neighborhoods. We spent two very pleasant weeks with Dr. Yerbury this year at the 88th Street Clinic .... The pathology of Gynecology was ably presented by Dr. Silberblatt .... We were particularly impressed with his interest in our class . . . . Dr. Rossby gave us a series of lectures on anatomical landmarks . . . . It was Dr. Knapp who forced us to read DeLee's Obstetrics again in our senior year .... The informal chats with Drs. DiLorenzo and Hermes are but a few of the many pleasant recollections of this service .... On Drs. Hubner and Mussio we depended for some of our purely didactic work. And then the fourteen harrowing days of Obs at the Met or Flower .... Constantly waiting for babies that took a terribly long time to come .... The exasperations of estimating the Wrong date of labor, the incorrect diagnosis of position, the self delivery of babies-always in the early hours of the morn, the numerous multips in the week of observation replaced by primips in the week of delivery .... Dr. Behm, resident .... Always calm, cool, and collected . . . . A keen sense of humor but a slightly sarcastic method of teaching . . . . Respected by all, and loved by his patients .... Dr. Shapiro, assistant resi- dent .... Who should have been a teacher instead of a doctor .... Hours of his teaching finally taught us some practical Obstetrics .... Dr. Viola, a darn competent resident, Who does not receive his due credit simply because of his taciturnity .... Finally, scallions to those internes who greedily believed that delivering rnultips was practicing obstetrics .... They learned nothing, but delayed our obtaining the necessary six cases. ,3 S X xx' A ,sb GYNECOLOGY OBSTETRIC -.r

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NEUROLOGY O T T 1 x 'x Y ,774 , K 'il-M' 'TW ii I I , . , , A., 4 - rf, M X fl' . ' . ' f ig! . 1 . 4' l V fyrlzg' I - PQ T' ', Q' fr avi. ia- the - A V , , I Y ,l.- ri: V: ' . M X It ' - ' iii! ' r . , i, -E,-4 Forty-two HOUSE MOSSER THE general consensus of opinion is that our two years with Neurology and Psychiatry proved to be a classical example of the alpha and omega .... The zenith and the nadir in medical education .... A paradox perhaps but easily explainable .... A repu- tation such as this is dependent principally on two factors .... The irresistible fantasia which characterizes the subject .... And the rugged individuality which was a very integral part of the departments personnel . . . . Difficult though these subjects be, they neverthe- less interest every student because of the peculiar problems they present. In our junior year, the science of Neurology found itself behind the proverbial eight-ball by being as- signed atrocious spots on the program .... 4 p. m. on Mondays and Fridays .... Despite the dramatic quali- ties ot our Dr. House and the esteemed worthiness of the subject, matters neurological ran a poor second to bruised rumps .... Thus were anagrams and battleships born .... Cartoonists and poets reveled during this class .... We spent an intriguing hour weekly with Dr. Mosser on subjects psychiatric .... A very efficient introduction to this abstract bit of trivia . . . . The resplendence of the aforementioned doctor in re matters sartorial was ever a source of admiration both in its regularity and intensity .... To Dr. Ganders was given the task of getting our minds off our seats in the second semester .... lf he succeeded in any measure, it was due primarily to his earnestness and sincerity .... He was as informal as he was sincere. Came the glow of the senior year .... With Neur- ology on the Island, vest-pocket examination cards and brilliant diagnoses .... Without the anatomical prob- lem of the previous year, and with Dr. I-Iouse's thespian abilities at razor edge, the sojourn was Well worth- while .... And finally, Senior Psychiatry with Dr. Seward and his trips into the labyrinthine mazes of the subconscious mind .... The dementias and par- anoias became living entities .... As La Bow put it years ago, he certainly had It. All in all, our labors in Neurology and Psychiatry were hours pleasantly spent and long to be remem- bered .... We take this opportunity to thank the members of this department for their kindness, pati- ence and spirit of helpfulness.